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| The three P's, plan, prepare and protect was the theme for Wednesday night's Hurricane Preparedness Forum at |
| Greensville Elementary School. Citizens heard from several … |
| Something very special and significant to this area has been planned for the 48th annual Virginia Peanut Festival. |
| The Meherrin Indian Tribe will participate in the parade and festivities again this year and is sure to be a large draw |
| O'Sail and the Lake Gaston Chamber of Commerce announced Monday that Jack Saunders is the 2010 |
| commodore for The Crossing. |
| Tomorrow is the big day for the sixth annual “The Crossing” on Lake Gaston and watch out for traffic changes by |
| Now in its seventh year the Lake Gaston Flea Market has something for everyone. Kathy Coorens was overjoyed |
| with her stop at the flea market last Saturday. Coorens is from Greenville, N.C., and Saturday was her first visit to |
| Pleasure boating isn't just for humans. Man's best friend gets a kick out of it, too, as was obvious to anyone who |
| might have wondered in and around… |
| Competing in the world championships of anything is a big deal. Placing in the top five of a world championship |
| event is a big deal. If it’s your first-ever competition, it’s beyond a big deal. |
| It was slow coming this year, but there’s nothing holding back the hydrilla in Lake Gaston right now. Chuck Wiley, |
| of Professional Lake Management’s Atlantic Division Regional manager, said it was a late season, “but in the last |
| week and a half people are experiencing 10 to 18 inches in growth.” |
| It was a proud moment for Emporia Mayor Sam Adams as he cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the Emporia |
| Farmers Market on Wednesday. |
| Two alternate routes for the proposed Southeast High Speed Rail line now being discussed cross Lake Gaston on |
| the old railroad bridge that's located a couple miles east of the Interstate-85 bridge near Buoy 23. In both cases, |
| the proposed realignment… |
| Efforts to curb the spread of hydrilla in Lake Gaston have led to several studies involving re-vegetation. Recently |
| The Army Corp of Engineers, led by Dr. Mike Smart, elicited the help of the Lake Gaston Association and its |
| environment committee in one such study and the partnership has been going well so far. |
| The old World War II era LCU, or Landing Craft Utility, owned by Shoreline Specialists is ready to make another |
| Crossing. “The Big Blue Boat,” as most people know her is a former U.S. Navy landing craft that Eddie Hardee and |
| Tom Moss, owners of Shoreline Specialists, knew would |
| Residents in the Warren County portion of Lake Gaston who get their water from the line that feeds the Elam |
| water tower, awakened to no water or very low water pressure Tuesday morning. |
| A one-day symposium in Clarksville slated for Aug. 19, will provide citizens and public officials throughout the |
| Roanoke River Basin the opportunity to learn more about why the Kerr Reservoir is managed the way it is, how…. |
| Most snakes found around Lake Gaston are not venomous. In fact, there are probably only two that you might |
| encounter. Your are much more likely to encounter a non-poisonous snake in or around Lake Gaston. |
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